Duration: 4 Days 

Who should attend: 

This course is aimed at 2nd line IT Support Technicians who need to implement, support, troubleshoot and manage Active Directory and Group Policy in a networked domain environment.

This course will teach you about Active Directory domain and forest environments and how to setup new domains and forests. You will learn how to manage the recycle bin and how to setup organisational units as well as how to delegate administrative control of AD objects and manage disk quotas. You will learn about the different roles servers play in Active Directory and how to troubleshoot and recover active directory. You will also learn about group policy and how to manage client machines through group policy. Finally you will learn how to bulk import data into an Active Directory environment.

Pre-requisites: 

Delegates should have a good working knowledge of managing Windows Desktops and Windows Servers as can be gained from attending our Windows Desktop Support and Windows Server Administration courses. 

You can download the outline HERE

Price: £1995+VAT

Want to talk through your training requirements with one of our curriculum Specialists? You can get in touch by EMAIL or PHONE. 

What is Active Directory

• Distinguished Names

• Relative Distinguished Names

• What is LDAP?

• X.500 Databases

Implementing a Server 2019 Domain Infrastructure

• Planning the Domain Structure

• Overview – Server Manager Dashboard

• Overview – The Admin Center

• Overview - Organisational Units

• Overview - Security Groups

• Co-Existence with Server 2012r2/2016

Installing Windows Server 2019 Active Directory

• Install a new Server 2019 domain/forest

• Install a new Server 2019 domain in an existing Forest

• Understanding Forest Functional Levels

• Understanding Domain Functional Levels

• What are Read Only Domain Controllers (RODCs)?

• Installing and Deploying RODCs

Active Directory Recycle Bin

• Overview – The Active Directory Recycle Bin

• Enabling the AD Recycle Bin

• Recovering Objects with the AD Recycle Bin

• Active Directory Post Installation Tasks

• Removing Active Directory

Creating an Organizational Unit Structure

• Folders V Organizational Units

• Planning the Organizational Unit Structure

• Creating and Editing Organizational Units

• Object Permissions in Active Directory

Configuring Users and Groups

• Administering Domain User Accounts

• Administering Groups in a Single Domain

• Using Groups in Trees and Forests

• Using Security Groups to Manage Access to Resources

Delegating Administrative Control

• Introduction to Object Security in Active Directory

• Securing Active Directory Objects

• Designing an Administrative Control Strategy

• Delegating Administrative Control of Active Directory Objects

• Best Practices for Delegating Administrative Control

Disk Management

• MBR vs GPT Disks

• Configuring Disk Quotas

• Overview Virtual Hard Disks

• Creating/Importing Virtual Hard Disks

• Overview - Storage Spaces and Storage Pools

• Implementing Storage Spaces

• Implementing Storage Pools

Creating Multiple Sites

• Understanding Active Directory Sites

• Defining a New Site

• Adding Servers to Sites

• Adding Site Links

• Bridgehead Servers